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Hockey East: A New Big 4?

Re: Hockey East: A New Big 4?

mookie1995 said:
We can do 11.

Hea can split into "haves" & "runts"

Haves-- BC BU PC NU MC have shown they aren't afraid to schedule ooc games on the road and can get teams to come to their barns.

Runts-- uhn Umass umlol uvm uconn umo already schedule ooc games against each other.

So the haves stay in a group and play everyone 2x (20 league games)
The runts play everyone 2x but add an extra hea game with other runts (25 league games).

Playoff time there can be a play in runt game between r5&r6.

Then we have r1vh5, r2vh4, and so on best of 3.

Then a final five type for the garden finals with highest have seed getting a bye (because really, no runt team outside of umlol would ever be considered a potential top seed).

All set! Bibbity bobbity boo
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Um... aren't BC, BU, and NU the original runts? They've been scheduling OOC games with HEA teams before it was cool.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Correct, at least in it's design phase it is men's hockey and basketball. There have been other ideas thrown out there though to support it such as larger events. There are no other event centers around for concerts and shows. Anywhere's. There was also a minor league hockey team that was lined up as an anchor tenant a while back, but they've likely moved on at this point. But with the lack of any other large indoor arena, there are other option for the place when it isn't in use by the hockey and hoops teams.
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Would seem to me Burlington could support a 7000 seat arena. Tsongas hosts a steady flow of concerts, family shows, conferences and trade shows. Granted Tsongas is in a much more heavily populated area than Burlington but there are also 8 other venues within 50 miles to compete with. Giving recruits a tour of that top notch facility followed by a sold out game against a top ranked opponent makes Bazin's job a lot easier.
 
thecomicbookguy said:
Well coached, pipeline to British Columbia, develop good players into great ones, multiple Frozen Four trips...sounds like a certain Hockey East team in the early 2000s...
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Everybody was farming the BCHL before the CHL changed their rules to feed the CHL and shut out college hockey to a large degree. It just seems Pecknold has maintained stronger ties through his personal work and action.

There are still Canadians but clearly the numbers are smaller than it used to be.
 
UVM Cat in Texas said:
Don't know much about Quinnipiac since they weren't an ECAC member when we played, but does anyone have a Reader's Digest explanation for how they got so good, so fast, and appear poised to maintain it?
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The other responses are not wrong, however, there was nothing fast about it. Pecknold has been at it for 22 years. When one of my daughters started at QU they were still playing games at a local dump at which another daughter played occasional U14 travel games. They could accommodate less than 1000. The new rink on campus - 2007 maybe - really seemed to accelerate things.
 
Aerman said:
The other responses are not wrong, however, there was nothing fast about it. Pecknold has been at it for 22 years. When one of my daughters started at QU they were still playing games at a local dump at which another daughter played occasional U14 travel games. They could accommodate less than 1000. The new rink on campus - 2007 maybe - really seemed to accelerate things.
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The NIP held maybe more than 1000 if they packed it in but the place was a total dump. Once the new arena came it still took 4-5 years to get some better recruits. A lot of the better recruiting can be contributed to assistant Bill Riga. Once he replaced Ben Syer things have got a better.
 
QUAlum2004 said:
The NIP held maybe more than 1000 if they packed it in but the place was a total dump. Once the new arena came it still took 4-5 years to get some better recruits. A lot of the better recruiting can be contributed to assistant Bill Riga. Once he replaced Ben Syer things have got a better.
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Maybe Riga would like to move to NH? :D
 
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J.D. said:
If you throw out Quinn's first year and Eichel year as a wash, this year's team proved throughout the year that they could be a very good team. So I'd say he absolutely deserves heat for the total collapse in the postseason. They have killed it on the recruiting trail but to me, his coaching is certainly up for debate. And even if he isn't that great of a coach, the talent alone coming in should keep BU as a top 4 member. With ND leaving the league soon, if you think BU could fall out of the "big 4"...someone has to replace them. Northeastern??? Ya, I'm not going there just yet.
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Winner.
 
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